I woke up this morning to a locked up tablet, when i restarted i was getting FC every couple seconds & when i switched apps
This is how i fixed it, I do not advise other people do the same thing because deleting database files like this is probably a really bad idea, and I had a clockwork mod backup in case something went wrong. so, DO NOT DO THIS that said, here's how I fixed it.
The logs indicated it was dieing in the contacts app when it went to open the database
"create table android_metadata failed"
I found the crashed DB in /data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/
You can tell it's crashed if there is a .db-journal file, this means it wasn't closed properly, be VERY VERY VERY careful that you have the correct item (refresh the list a couple time and make sure the .db-journal file is still there, you could have gotten lucky and loaded the directory while it was writing the DB)
Now, rename or move the ENTIRE database folder (so we still have it, but the phone thinks it's gone)
cross your fingers and PRAY, there is a remote chance you just hosed your phone, but it SHOULD recreate the database automatically with default settings and 'fix' your crashes, but of course everything in that DB is now gone!
Not sure which databases this will work on, and which ones will just brick your phone, so be careful, i was lucky and it was just the contacts DB that was crashed, but since everything included the call logs in the contact DB apparently- I couldn't even get into the system settings to do a factory reset.
and as always, BACK IT UP BEFORE YOU F*CK IT UP! :-D
FYI: the sqlLite DBs in android are flaky as hell, i wrote an app that did background updates once a min and it would crash like this ALL the time (even in the emulator), I think it has something to do w/ wakelocks expiring before the SQL cache is written to the disk but i don't understand why that would happen in the emulator.
KinkyMunkey said:
I woke up this morning to a locked up tablet, when i restarted i was getting FC every couple seconds & when i switched apps
This is how i fixed it, I do not advise other people do the same thing because deleting database files like this is probably a really bad idea, and I had a clockwork mod backup in case something went wrong. so, DO NOT DO THIS that said, here's how I fixed it.
The logs indicated it was dieing in the contacts app when it went to open the database
"create table android_metadata failed"
I found the crashed DB in /data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/
You can tell it's crashed if there is a .db-journal file, this means it wasn't closed properly, be VERY VERY VERY careful that you have the correct item (refresh the list a couple time and make sure the .db-journal file is still there, you could have gotten lucky and loaded the directory while it was writing the DB)
Now, rename or move the ENTIRE database folder (so we still have it, but the phone thinks it's gone)
cross your fingers and PRAY, there is a remote chance you just hosed your phone, but it SHOULD recreate the database automatically with default settings and 'fix' your crashes, but of course everything in that DB is now gone!
Not sure which databases this will work on, and which ones will just brick your phone, so be careful, i was lucky and it was just the contacts DB that was crashed, but since everything included the call logs in the contact DB apparently- I couldn't even get into the system settings to do a factory reset.
and as always, BACK IT UP BEFORE YOU F*CK IT UP! :-D
FYI: the sqlLite DBs in android are flaky as hell, i wrote an app that did background updates once a min and it would crash like this ALL the time (even in the emulator), I think it has something to do w/ wakelocks expiring before the SQL cache is written to the disk but i don't understand why that would happen in the emulator.
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i am having this force close problem...when i navigate to that directory using es file explorer: "/date - folder is empty"
on /sdcard/data/ - there is beautifulwidgets folder and com.keramldas.TitaniumBackup folder...
I dont see any "com.android.providers.contacts folder...
so can anyone help please? - thanks as always -
oh btw using CM and vegan - if that helps
I thought that Titanium backup could be used to do that, delete the Contacts data?
Jim
Great to see there may be a solution. Something to try before restoring to the reliably not quite current backup.
There is some info under the FAQ thread in the development forum.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=874258
DireMerlin said:
i am having this force close problem...when i navigate to that directory using es file explorer: "/date - folder is empty"
on /sdcard/data/ - there is beautifulwidgets folder and com.keramldas.TitaniumBackup folder...
I dont see any "com.android.providers.contacts folder...
so can anyone help please? - thanks as always -
oh btw using CM and vegan - if that helps
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You won't see those files or folders with es file explorer. You must use Root Explorer to locate and delete them.
jimcpl said:
I thought that Titanium backup could be used to do that, delete the Contacts data?
Jim
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Thanks man that solved the problem for me now I am back to using my tablet.
I just used titanium backup and contacts > wipe data...This fixed issue for me...I don't really care about having any contacts on my tablet anyway. (I am not suggesting you try this, just posting what I did).
kevinshae said:
I just used titanium backup and contacts > wipe data...This fixed issue for me...I don't really care about having any contacts on my tablet anyway. (I am not suggesting you try this, just posting what I did).
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Thanks!!! That worked for me too. I was getting really frustrated.
Having a contact with no name to use for sync reference will cause this. When you restore your contacts, look for one with data but blank name.
Rumbleweed said:
Having a contact with no name to use for sync reference will cause this. When you restore your contacts, look for one with data but blank name.
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Totally. For some reason I would get this fc when I would sync my contacts. It stopped a few months ago after I realized I had 2 mystery contacts with no names or data and deleted them. Haven't had a problem since.
I've recently started having FC's with media files on my stock rom and was just about to wipe and reload when I took one more look at this thread. While I didn't find a corrupted contacts database, I did poke around in other directories at the /data/data/ directory level and found a corrupted database in com.android.providers.media/databases. I renamed the database folder, waited a few minutes and rebooted. Everything's working fine now.
Someday I'll install one of the better roms, but thanks to this forum I'll stay stock a little bit longer.
+1 on using Titanium Backup to wipe the contacts data. Stopped the FCs for me.
These appear to start because of the wake issue. I gotta figure out how to fix that.
I also turned off the autosync.
Man now that sleep issue is really bugging me. 4.3.0 with .2 add on.
**WARNING**
You WILL lose your contacts by doing this and you will have to restore them. I am not responsible for any errors that may occur in the process. I am not a developer or a hacker, I'm just a guy who had a problem and fixed it with a VERY long google search. Cheers.
I had the same problem. Constant (every 5 seconds) force close with a "process com.android.acore" FC. Flashing Vanilla, switching Roms, rebooting, all that did not help as it does not erase personal data (which is where the problem lies). If you don't have it, I STRONGLY suggest you keep a copy of Titanium Backup on your G-tab. If you have this force close problem, you will not be able to DL via the market, so you will have to sideload via the link I provided below. (You MUST be rooted to use Titanium Backup).
Once Titanium Backup is installed...
go to the "Backup/Restore" tab -->
scroll down to "Contacts 2.2" -->
click on it, then select "wipe data" -->
then scroll down to "Contacts Sync Adaptor 2.2.1" and do the same.
Once you have done those it should have fixed your "process com.android.acore" FC problems. Now you will need to restore your contacts via whichever method you have them backed up.
I'm a noob, so it won't let me embed links. But here it is...
mediafire dot com/?g0jurgugmr985e2
I've wiped the contacts but still get the problem. Any help?
ShiftyBob said:
**WARNING**
You WILL lose your contacts by doing this and you will have to restore them. I am not responsible for any errors that may occur in the process. I am not a developer or a hacker, I'm just a guy who had a problem and fixed it with a VERY long google search. Cheers.
I had the same problem. Constant (every 5 seconds) force close with a "process com.android.acore" FC. Flashing Vanilla, switching Roms, rebooting, all that did not help as it does not erase personal data (which is where the problem lies). If you don't have it, I STRONGLY suggest you keep a copy of Titanium Backup on your G-tab. If you have this force close problem, you will not be able to DL via the market, so you will have to sideload via the link I provided below. (You MUST be rooted to use Titanium Backup).
Once Titanium Backup is installed...
go to the "Backup/Restore" tab -->
scroll down to "Contacts 2.2" -->
click on it, then select "wipe data" -->
then scroll down to "Contacts Sync Adaptor 2.2.1" and do the same.
Once you have done those it should have fixed your "process com.android.acore" FC problems. Now you will need to restore your contacts via whichever method you have them backed up.
I'm a noob, so it won't let me embed links. But here it is...
mediafire dot com/?g0jurgugmr985e2
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This did not work for me until I noticed a third Contacts related app in Titanium backup. Once I wiped data in "{Contacts/Calls} Contacts Storage 2.2" it the FC issue for me. I am using TnT lite4.4.0
ShiftyBob, CosmicVagabond, you guys saved me an ulcer! Clearing Contacts Storage 2.2 (well, all three) was just what it took to clear MY stupid FCs. Thanks, folks!
okay so I am worse than a noob, I am a drone. Did what I was told three or four months ago to get this thing to run with android and now cant remember what I did. I am running tntlite 4.25.
I am getting the same error but I do not have titanium backup. I assume (yeah stupid me) I could put it on the sd card if I knew where to get it. But other than that I have no idea what to do. And since I have to go into the hospital for a week starting on Tuesday I am very unhappy.
Could someone possibly give me some step by step ideas on how to overcome? I would be grateful
process com.android.acore FC issue
ShiftyBob said:
**WARNING**
You WILL lose your contacts by doing this and you will have to restore them. I am not responsible for any errors that may occur in the process. I am not a developer or a hacker, I'm just a guy who had a problem and fixed it with a VERY long google search. Cheers.
I had the same problem. Constant (every 5 seconds) force close with a "process com.android.acore" FC. Flashing Vanilla, switching Roms, rebooting, all that did not help as it does not erase personal data (which is where the problem lies). If you don't have it, I STRONGLY suggest you keep a copy of Titanium Backup on your G-tab. If you have this force close problem, you will not be able to DL via the market, so you will have to sideload via the link I provided below. (You MUST be rooted to use Titanium Backup).
Once Titanium Backup is installed...
go to the "Backup/Restore" tab -->
scroll down to "Contacts 2.2" -->
click on it, then select "wipe data" -->
then scroll down to "Contacts Sync Adaptor 2.2.1" and do the same.
Once you have done those it should have fixed your "process com.android.acore" FC problems. Now you will need to restore your contacts via whichever method you have them backed up.
I'm a noob, so it won't let me embed links. But here it is...
mediafire dot com/?g0jurgugmr985e2
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This was exactly the same problem I had. After loading Synergy RLS1 I tried to read in contacts from the previous backup using Titanium backup. All was fine until I rebooted and I got com.android.acore FCs continuously. It took some quick fingers, but I was able to wipe data from "Contact Storage 2.3.3" and it now has gone away. Now my contacts are downloading from gmail and all seems well.
EVO 4g - Synergy ROM RLS1
did you try to wipe Dalvik catch!
My network icons (WiFi, Cell Signal) used to turn blue (showing connectivity to Google). I tried XenonHD and decided it wasn't for me so I flashed back my Nandroid of the 4.1.1 OTA from kibmcz. For some reason, it seems that after flashing back, my icon never turns blue, even though I can connect to the Play Store, retrieve Gmail, receive Google Voice notifications, etc.
Any thoughts on how to restore this background connection to allow my network icons to turn blue?
I'm backing up (TB) and getting a Nandroid, then reflashing. I think it may be due to the device ID. This was the first time I chose to get the old device ID back when restoring from TB, instead of choosing ignore and keep the new device ID.
Update coming soon...
I've never had issues with changing or not changing the device ID (I've done both over the course of trying out way too many roms). Any chance you accidentally restored some system or Google date with TB? That could cause some problems. In general, don't restore through TB unless there is unrecoverable data that doesn't really interact with the system (such as game scores). If you can restore the data from somewhere else (email from a server, etc) do that. Restore any apps that don't need their data restored from the Play Store (translate, browsers, etc)
Instead of reflashing the OTA, I decided to go with a CM10 (listed in signature). This time I selected "Ignore (keep the new device ID)" and this seemed to work. Coincidental or not, the only time this has been an issue is when I told TB to restore the device ID. Perhaps a TB bug? I'm not sure. I've always restore almost everything stored in TB and never had any issues, especially since I typically don't flash multiple ROMs. I usually stick to stock OTA.
Thanks for the reply, dvorak. I may start doing that if I switch ROMs and not just re-flash the same ROM.
Harware:
Asus Transformer Infinity (rooted and unlocked)
ROM:
CleanROM
Ok, so before I flashed CleanROM I created a backup using CWM. After installing flashing CleanROM and installing a TON of apps from all over the place.(xda, torrentz, play store) I foolishly used goo. Manager to install TWRP. After all of this was installed my tablet continued to perform normally for a few days and then Google play took a MASSIVE DUMP all over my Transformer. So here's my issue:
Primary:
Google play store sporadically refuses to connect. I believe it is some sort of security protocol error. Because, when I try using browser to access the website it shows ~10 consecutive security certificate trust warnings. It last happened two days ago and was happening at least once a day for awhile. Even after I force stopped nearly all downloaded apps, and removed nearly all from startup and manually installed the newest version of Google play. When the error is occurring Google play will open and just stay at a gray background saying, "No Connection", I hit the retry button, but it searches for a second then says no connection found again. This has happened on over three separate wifi networks and each lasted varying times at different times of the day.:cyclops:
Seconday:
So my solution was to try a factory data reset and re-install my apps using either Titanium or App backup. However, I didn't want to do this without transferring my backup data over to my PC for safe storage. So my question is this, does installing TWRP delete/corrupt the backup data stored on the SD card by CWM? Attatched is a pic of my CWM backup folder hopefully containing my stock Asus JB, I really don't want to lose this just in case I ever need it again. But, it seems exceedingly small to be a full backup of the default JB loadout.
Weirdly:
I have a small battery indicator in the middle top of my screen that places itself on top of anything on screen and is always visible... any ideas?
Summary:
Sooo, are there any things that could be affecting Google play connectivity that I installed personally and would a factory data reset even help?
Also, does the attatched picture seem like it could be a valid recovery file of Asus JB? It seems really small...
Finally, strangest of all a small battery indicator shows up in the middle of my screen. VERY annoying.
Thanks in advance for any help.
After installing Liquid Smooth RC7/8/9 I was having problems where after a day of updating apps, restarting phone, etc, I wouldn't be able to take calls anymore.
My phone would ring, but when I swyped to answer, com.android.phone would force close and hang up, giving the caller busy signal. What was worse, I would have NO call log of who called, which sucked if I got a call while at work and unable to see who was calling on the screen.
I tried numerous factory resets and it would happen again, no matter how few apps I installed (1 at a time), I cleaned my contact list out on the PC after logging into my gmail account, deleting multi-entries where importing had overlapped/doubled/quadrupled contacts in the vcf file, cluttering my phone.
Cleared cache, fixed permissions, rebooted.
Finally I uninstalled facebook app after reading that contacts from social network, rebooted.
Still was getting error of android phone stopped working.
I think i boiled it down to the radio/network acquisition on reboots.... Only thing that seemed to work now was taking out my sim card, putting it back in and going to Mobile Network settings and putting it back to LTE GSM/WCDMA under network mode, reselecting my NEtwork Operator and Access Point Names..
Really annoying problem because I don't know if it's rebooting the phone that causes this, apps installed in combination with the contacts list, or what.
Thought this might help some people in case they were experiencing similar things.
Curious...
It sounds like a sync error of some sort with your contacts... it can be from the app side or from the Google side...
If you don't then possibly the sync services are jammed up on the phone app.
Goto Manage Apps>All Apps>Phone and clear the data for the Phone and reboot...
A lot of times it is the Facebook issue...
Hope that helps...
onealvideo said:
It sounds like a sync error of some sort with your contacts... it can be from the app side or from the Google side...
If you don't then possibly the sync services are jammed up on the phone app.
Goto Manage Apps>All Apps>Phone and clear the data for the Phone and reboot...
A lot of times it is the Facebook issue...
Hope that helps...
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Yeah It is bizzare... I uninstalled facebook and left contacts alone to eliminate this from the equation.
On reboots, sometimes when I'm trying to select network carrier , it takes FOREVER to load the different carriers... I've come to the conclusion that if it takes forever to load/see the phone carrier options, chances are the com.android.phone will crash AND/OR it will work but i won't get call volume (neither phone can hear volume from the other) sometimes even when com.phone.android doesn't crash when phone rings.
Im thinking it's almost hardware related with the radios inside interfering or something...
I just had the original problem, reboot the phone, reselect the carrier (no delay/lag) and everythign works again.
I tried toggles up at the top after reading some stuff about how the GPS toggle has to be on/off ... when Wi-fi is toggled on, my cell-tower reception bars AND wi-fi icon are blue.. when WiFi is disabled, those reception bars turn grey... I thought this had something to do with it also, but it doesnt.. I'm getting calls with volume and no crashes now regardless of whether wi-fi is on/off or whether the phone is plugged in to the charger or not.
Right now, it's based on whether or not my phone boots in a "good" or "bad" mood it seems... very tempermental. I'm not blaming the Rom.. but it definitely seems to be carrier/hardware related that is causing the software (phone app) to go bonkers. I'm going to go back to installing my apps again for the 9000th time/factory reset.
Hi y'all, hope someone can help me with this since I can't seem to find anything on Google about the issue I'm having...
I got adventurous rooting my phone (running Lollipop 5.0) a while back to disable/ delete some carrier bloatware. All was great until the other day when I used Titanium to delete the AT&T Address Book. I immediately got a popup error "Unfortunately, AT&T Address Book has stopped." When I click OK it just keeps perpetually popping up like a zombie. While the phone technically works, it's effectively unusable with that constant popup message.
I tried restoring the system app + data Titanium backup but no dice. Also factory reset the phone with the hope of being able to then flash the stock ROM back to it but not only does the popup STILL happen, but during the welcome setup process I can't get past the screen lock setup part without the Google setup service (or whatever it's called) ALSO giving the "has stopped" error and crashing :laugh::crying: What have I done???
If you haven't solved you problem yet the way to stop the AT&T Address Book from nagging you is:
Open the dialer
Enter *#*#2666#*#*
Click "Registration" and set it to "Completed"
IDK know about Google Setup error, but I'd try clearing that app's cache as a possible fix.
yeswap said:
If you haven't solved you problem yet the way to stock the AT&T Address Book from nagging you is:
Open the dialer
Enter *#*#2666#*#*
Click "Registration" and set it to "Completed"
IDK know about Google Setup error, but I'd try clearing that app's cache as a possible fix.
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Hi, thanks for reply. Unfortunately I cannot do either of those things because the phone will not let me bypass the new user setup process --- and I can't finish it without it crashing midway through. The only thing that can be done with the phone without completing the new user setup is make Emergency calls only. I'm hoping there's a way to connect it to the computer and do some kind of recovery boot to flash the stock ROM back to it so that I can reset it without the Address Book error constantly popping up.